vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) (05/22/91)
Below is an update (Version 1.1) to H. Piper! for SUPER-CHIP.
The following bugs are fixed.
- The starting pipe can no longer be replaced.
- Too high a score would end the game prematurely.
Several improvements
- The score is now shown in 3 digits at the smaller
font so you don't have to remember if it rolled
over.
- The score needed to be able to continue at a
certain level is shown at the bottom right
corner of the grid.
- A bonus for flowing through all grid sites. The
score for that job is automatically 255. (Note:
in a later version, I will probably add a bonus
to the already obtained score, but for now this
was the easiest way to do it.)
- Random placement on the grid of the starting
pipe. (Don't worry about getting an impossible
starting pipe. That disallowed)
- The score for the last round is shown during
the total score screen for reference.
- Cute, memory wasting graphic of a dripping
pipe during the total score screen.
- If exit is made by way of the (SPACE) key
instead of the (DEL) key, the total score
is written to user flags. The user lang
program below, SCORE, will read the score from
the flags and put it on the stack in decimal
form while clearing the user flag. (Note: if
you want some kind of memory wasting, graphical
high score screen, this returns the value you
need to make one.)
Enjoy!
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Paul Raines vapsppr@prism.gatech.edu
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Once above is in CHIP usable form, BYTES gives
# 25A5h
1601.5
Below is the short user lang program SCORE described above:
%%HP: T(3)A(D)F(.);
\<< RCLF 2 GET B\->R
RCLF 2 # 0d PUT
STOF
\>>
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--
Paul Raines
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!vapsppr
Internet: vapsppr@prism.gatech.edubson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) (05/22/91)
In a posting of [22 May 91 03:27:03 GMT] vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) writes: > Below is an update (Version 1.1) to H. Piper! for SUPER-CHIP. The > following bugs are fixed. You didn't mention whether it would now properly restart on [ENTER]. The previous behavior was slightly, uhm, unpredictable... Oh, and what does the `H' stand for? -- Jan Brittenson bson@ai.mit.edu
egraeler@uceng.UC.EDU (Eric S Graeler) (05/22/91)
> In a posting of [22 May 91 03:27:03 GMT] > vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) writes: > > > Below is an update (Version 1.1) to H. Piper! for SUPER-CHIP. The > > following bugs are fixed. When I ran this program it left my Hp displaying the data with .'s instead of /'s. ie. 5.20.91 instead of 5/20/91. A reset would not fix the problem or and ON-C. The only thing that would fix it was ON-A-F. Anyone else encounter this problem? Eric Graeler egraeler@uceng.uc.edu p.s. Also, how about some instructions on game play. I can't finish level one. How do you finish a level?
vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) (05/23/91)
In article <16081@life.ai.mit.edu> bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) writes: >In a posting of [22 May 91 03:27:03 GMT] > vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) writes: > > > Below is an update (Version 1.1) to H. Piper! for SUPER-CHIP. The > > You didn't mention whether it would now properly restart on >[ENTER]. The previous behavior was slightly, uhm, unpredictable... Sorry, I haven't given it the ability to restart yet. I really should. The thing is if you restart using the [ENTER] key, you lose that score, i.e. you can't you the user lang program SCORE to get the decimal score from the user flags. Therefore I never really bothered with it. However, I am sure plenty of people have accidently hit the [ENTER] key instead of the [7] key and screwed everything up. And of course, if your score is lousy or you are losing in a big way, you want a quick restart. I will make it top priority. Does anyone think that the [ENTER] - [7] key problem is big enough to change the place key to another key? As soon as I make this fix, I will post my code as I have had several requests. > >Oh, and what does the `H' stand for? > Hewlett Packard <--> H. Piper (groan) -- Paul Raines Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!vapsppr Internet: vapsppr@prism.gatech.edu
vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) (05/23/91)
In article <8551@uceng.UC.EDU> egraeler@uceng.UC.EDU (Eric S Graeler) writes: >> In a posting of [22 May 91 03:27:03 GMT] >> vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) writes: >> >> > Below is an update (Version 1.1) to H. Piper! for SUPER-CHIP. The > >When I ran this program it left my Hp displaying the data with .'s instead of >/'s. ie. 5.20.91 instead of 5/20/91. A reset would not fix the problem or >and ON-C. The only thing that would fix it was ON-A-F. Anyone else encounter >this problem? > I will have to pass the buck on this one to the writer of SUPER-CHIP. The original CHIP would not work when the clock display was on. This was supposed to be fixed in SUPER-CHIP, but there might be some peculiarities like this nonetheless. How 'bout it Erik? (erikmb@etek.chalmers.se) I never use either date or clock so I really can't comment. > >p.s. Also, how about some instructions on game play. I can't finish level one. >How do you finish a level? Sorry. I posted this update so soon after the original which contained the instructions, I didn't want to waste bandwidth with another copy. Tomorrow, when I post the [ENTER] key fix, I will reprint the instructions. As far as finishing the level, the small number right below the right bottom corner of the grid is the score you need to get to get a new screen. There is no specific place you have to direct the flow to, you just try to hold on as long as possible. In a later version, I might give a bonus for having the flow end at a particular grid site (provided of course that you lay enough pipe to warrant it). Hope this helps. Paul -- Paul Raines Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!vapsppr Internet: vapsppr@prism.gatech.edu
bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) (05/23/91)
In a posting of [22 May 91 18:23:05 GMT] vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) writes: >> [[ENTER] key to restart] > And of course, if your score is lousy or you are losing in a big way, > you want a quick restart. I will make it top priority. That's how I found it out! :-) I'm not a game fanatic, but H.Piper! is a winner. Is there a possibility of improving the graphics somewhat - for instance, to make the pipe bends curved? H.Piper! has the same qualities as Tetris: almost hypnotic in its simplicity. That's what makes it a great game. (I haven't visited an arcade the last, er, 7 years I think.) Now, how's work proceeding on the Qix, the Centipede (I wrote one in Macro-11 to run over a fixed 1200 bps muxed line on an ASCII terminal in 1983 :-)), the Pac-Man (with a little more genuine feeling than the previous CHIP post), and... :-) Oh, another thing. About games and random generators... My personal opinion (gosh, I'm starting to sound like an arcade rat!) is that they ought to be *banned*. The more that's under the player's control, the better. A Centipede, for instance, might appear on the left/right side depending on whether an even/odd number of shots have been fired since the last Centipede segment was mushroomed. The starting point of an H.Piper! round can be wherever the last round finished. Likewise, the actual pieces selected seemingly on random, but the True Arcade Rat knows better! :-) Choosing these "random" algorithms is probably what is the most difficult part of designing a game. (We all know what result is if you don't do it *right*!) >> Oh, and what does the `H' stand for? > Hewlett Packard <--> H. Piper (groan) *Sigh*. :-) -- Jan Brittenson bson@ai.mit.edu
vapsppr@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul Raines) (05/23/91)
In article <16101@life.ai.mit.edu> bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) writes: > >............ Is there a possibility of improving the graphics somewhat >- for instance, to make the pipe bends curved? H.Piper! has the same >qualities as Tetris: almost hypnotic in its simplicity. That's what >makes it a great game. (I haven't visited an arcade the last, er, 7 >years I think.) I agree that the biggest problem with the program now is just the visual realiztion of what pipe is what once you have a random ;-) collaboration on the board. I don't want to increase the size of the pipe graphics at the cost of losing dimensions on the grid, but I have soom ideas I am looking into. > > Oh, another thing. About games and random generators... My personal >opinion (gosh, I'm starting to sound like an arcade rat!) is that they >ought to be *banned*. The more that's under the player's control, the >better. A Centipede, for instance, might appear on the left/right side >depending on whether an even/odd number of shots have been fired since >the last Centipede segment was mushroomed. The starting point of an >H.Piper! round can be wherever the last round finished. Likewise, the >actual pieces selected seemingly on random, but the True Arcade Rat >knows better! :-) Choosing these "random" algorithms is probably what >is the most difficult part of designing a game. (We all know what >result is if you don't do it *right*!) > Once again, I agree. I hate randomness in most games too. When I see a new board game, the first thing I do is see if it has dice. If it does, I generally don't buy it. Understandably, by favorite games are chess, Diplomacy, and Empire Builder (or British Rails). I will work on this too. I like your suggestion about where to put the starting pipe. The new pipe selection will take some creativity. Incidentally, I did a test on the fairness of CHIP's random generator and it is pretty fair. Paul Raines vapsppr@prism.gatech.edu -- Paul Raines Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!vapsppr Internet: vapsppr@prism.gatech.edu
akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) (05/24/91)
Jan, For what PDP did you write Centipede for? At least I'm assuming that you used a PDP-11 for the MAcro-11 program. --Falco
erikmb@etek.chalmers.se (Erik Bryntse) (05/24/91)
Paul Raines writes: >In article <8551@uceng.UC.EDU> egraeler@uceng.UC.EDU (Eric S Graeler) writes: >> >>When I ran this program it left my Hp displaying the data with .'s instead of >>/'s. ie. 5.20.91 instead of 5/20/91. A reset would not fix the problem or >>and ON-C. The only thing that would fix it was ON-A-F. Anyone else encounter >>this problem? >> >I will have to pass the buck on this one to the writer of SUPER-CHIP. The >original CHIP would not work when the clock display was on. This was supposed >to be fixed in SUPER-CHIP, but there might be some peculiarities like this >nonetheless. How 'bout it Erik? (erikmb@etek.chalmers.se) I never use either >date or clock so I really can't comment. > Well, I tried it on my 48 with H. Piper ver 1.2 and it worked OK. I don't know of anything that could mess up the system flags in S-CHIP, but then you never know... Does it happen every time? Erik Bryntse
bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) (05/24/91)
In a posting of [23 May 91 21:40:05 GMT] akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) writes: > For what PDP did you write Centipede for? At least I'm assuming that > you used a PDP-11 for the MAcro-11 program. A PDP-11/70 running RSTS/E V6 or V7, using the RT-11 RTS. I may still have the code on tape/pack somewhere. The terminals (VC404) only had 25 lines, which made playing slightly difficult. (But it worked, and it was one of the very first Macro-11 programs I ever wrote.) Not to mention that the poor PDP-11 was heavily overused and tended to swap badly. But this really belongs in alt.folklore, not comp.sys.handhelds; a PDP-11/70 is not precisely a handheld (unless your hand is caught under a foot - ouch)... So, when do I get to play nethack on the HP-48? :-) -- Jan Brittenson bson@ai.mit.edu